The state Appellate Court has upheld a $2 million jury award against a heart surgeon who secretly placed video cameras in his former lover’s home, a decision that the plaintiff’s lawyer said could have implications for future invasion of privacy cases in the state.

The doctor secretly installed multiple bedroom and bathroom cameras, computer trackers and other bugs in the house they once shared. The technology enabled him to watch her on a four-part screen from three-quarters of a mile away.

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